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DeCamp, David. 1971. Introduction: The study of pidgin and creole languages. In Hymes, Dell H., ed. Pidginization and creolization of languages. Cambridge University Press. pp. 13–39.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

D. discusses characteristics and definitions of pidgins and creoles, their present distribution, the origin of European-based pidgins and creoles, and the relationship between pidgin-creole studies and historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and descriptive linguistics.